# Adrien Costa > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adrien_Costa > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Adrien_Costa.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Costa > Source revision: 1291107837 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American cyclist (born 1997)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Adrien Costa | image = Adrien Costa.jpg | caption = Costa at the [2016 Tour of Britain](/source/2016_Tour_of_Britain) | fullname = Adrien Costa | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|8|19}} | birth_place = [Stanford, California](/source/Stanford%2C_California), [United States](/source/United_States) | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Time trialist | amateuryears1 = 2012–2013 | amateurteam1 = Slipstream–Craddock | amateuryears2 = 2014–2015 | amateurteam2 = Hagens Berman U23 | proyears1 = 2016–2017 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|HBA|2016}} | proyears2 = 2016 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|EQS|2016}} ''([stagiaire](/source/Glossary_of_bicycling))''{{Cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/teams?id=&c=6&season=2016|title=Teams | ProCyclingStats|website=www.procyclingstats.com}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/UCI_Road_World_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver|[2014 Ponferrada](/source/2014_UCI_Road_World_Championships)|[Junior Time Trial](/source/2014_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_junior_time_trial)}} {{MedalSilver|[2015 Richmond](/source/2015_UCI_Road_World_Championships)|[Junior Time Trial](/source/2015_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_junior_time_trial)}} | show-medals = }} '''Adrien Costa''' (born August 19, 1997) is an American former cyclist, who rode professionally for [UCI Professional Continental](/source/UCI_Professional_Continental) team {{UCI team code|HBA|2017}} in 2016 and 2017.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonews.com/2018/02/news/u23-phenom-costa-opts-out-of-2018-hagens-berman-axeon-contract_456542|title=U23 phenom Costa opts out of 2018 Hagens Berman Axeon contract|work=VeloNews|publisher=[Competitor Group](/source/Competitor_Group)|date=February 5, 2018|accessdate=February 6, 2018}} ==Career== ===Junior career=== Costa had a very successful career as a junior, with over 12 victories. In 2014, he won the [junior national time trial championships](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), along with a second place at the [junior world time trial championships](/source/2014_UCI_Road_World_Championships).{{cite web | url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/adrien-costa-striving-to-be-part-of-american-elite/ | title=Adrien Costa striving to be part of American elite | work=CyclingNews.com | date=26 February 2015 | accessdate=10 June 2016 | author=van Eyck, Xylon}} In addition to these, he won the general classification and two stages of the Tour du Pays de Vaud. The following year, Costa won the Tour du Pays de Vaud for the second year in a row, along with another silver medal at the [junior world time trial championships](/source/2015_UCI_Road_World_Championships).{{cite web | url=http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/pez-talk-adrien-costa-2/#.V1sMAhQrI6g | title=PEZ Talk: Adrien Costa | work=PEZ Cycling News | date=10 October 2015 | accessdate=10 June 2016 | author=Hood, Edmond}} He enjoyed success in the [Tour de l'Abitibi](/source/Tour_de_l'Abitibi), winning the GC and earning two stage victories. The previous year, Costa had placed 7th overall at the race, winning stage 3. Costa booked yet another win at the [Course de la Paix Juniors](/source/Peace_Race), when he won stage 3.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} ===2016=== Costa's cycling success continued in the 2016 season as his first year as a professional when he earned his biggest result yet, when he won the [Tour de Bretagne](/source/Tour_de_Bretagne). Costa was the first American to win the French stage race. He stole the yellow jersey when he won the fourth stage in a solo breakaway.{{cite web | url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2016/05/news/road/american-adrien-costa-wins-tour-de-bretagne_404209 | title=American Adrien Costa wins Tour de Bretagne | work=VeloNews.com | date=1 May 2016 | accessdate=10 June 2016}} Costa celebrated success in other similar events, winning the mountains classification placing 3rd overall in the [Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes_Is%C3%A8re_Tour). He also placed 5th in [Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux](/source/Le_Triptyque_des_Monts_et_Ch%C3%A2teaux). At the [Tour of Utah](/source/2016_Tour_of_Utah), Costa finished 2nd overall, 1:09 behind winner [Lachlan Morton](/source/Lachlan_Morton).{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164075 | title=2016 Tour of Utah | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=7 September 2016}} He earned another podium in the [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir), finishing in 3rd place and won stage 4.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}} Costa last raced professionally in April 2017, before taking a break from July 2017 and subsequently opting out of his contract with Hagens Berman Axeon for 2018. Costa was reported to be studying outdoor leadership and tourism at [Oregon State University](/source/Oregon_State_University). ==Rock climbing incident== On July 29, 2018, Costa was severely injured in a rock climbing accident, resulting in an [above-the-knee amputation](/source/Amputation) of his right leg.{{cite web | url=https://cyclingtips.com/2018/08/american-adrien-costa-loses-right-leg-after-climbing-accident/ | title=American Adrien Costa loses right leg after climbing accident | work=CyclingTips.com | date=9 August 2018 | accessdate=8 August 2018 | author=Rogers, Neal}} ==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2014 : 1st 20px [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Junior Road Championships : 1st 20px Overall [Tour du Pays de Vaud](/source/Tour_du_Pays_de_Vaud) ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) : 2nd 15px [Time trial](/source/2014_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_junior_time_trial), [UCI Junior Road World Championships](/source/2014_UCI_Road_World_Championships) : 7th Overall [Tour de l'Abitibi](/source/Tour_de_l'Abitibi) ::1st Stage 3 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) ;2015 : 1st 20px Overall [Tour de l'Abitibi](/source/Tour_de_l'Abitibi) ::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 1st 20px Overall [Tour du Pays de Vaud](/source/Tour_du_Pays_de_Vaud) ::1st Stages 2a & 2b ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) : 2nd 15px [Time trial](/source/2015_UCI_Road_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_junior_time_trial), [UCI Junior Road World Championships](/source/2015_UCI_Road_World_Championships) : 2nd [Time trial](/source/United_States_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Junior Road Championships : 2nd Overall [Course de la Paix Juniors](/source/Course_de_la_Paix_Juniors) ::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd Overall [Redlands Bicycle Classic](/source/Redlands_Bicycle_Classic) : 10th Overall [Trofeo Karlsberg](/source/Saarland_Trofeo) ;2016 : 1st 20px Overall [Tour de Bretagne](/source/Tour_de_Bretagne) ::1st 20px Young rider classification ::1st Stage 4 : 1st Stage 4 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) [Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc](/source/Tour_de_Savoie_Mont-Blanc) : 2nd Overall [Tour of Utah](/source/2016_Tour_of_Utah) ::1st 20px Mountains classification ::1st 20px Young rider classification : 3rd Overall [Tour de l'Avenir](/source/Tour_de_l'Avenir) ::1st Stage 4 ([ITT](/source/Individual_time_trial)) : 3rd Overall [Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour](/source/Rh%C3%B4ne-Alpes_Is%C3%A8re_Tour) ::1st 20px Mountains classification : 5th Overall [Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux](/source/Le_Triptyque_des_Monts_et_Ch%C3%A2teaux) ::1st 20px Young rider classification : 7th [Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften](/source/Ronde_van_Vlaanderen_U23) : 9th [Flèche Ardennaise](/source/Fl%C3%A8che_Ardennaise) ;2017 : 5th [Giro del Belvedere](/source/Giro_del_Belvedere) {{div col end}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Cycling Archives}} * {{CQ ranking}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Costa, Adrien}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:American male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Stanford, California Category:21st-century American sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Adrien Costa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Costa) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien_Costa?action=history)). 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